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Treat Me Right (Pat Benatar song)

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Released
  
December 29, 1980

Recorded
  
1980

Length
  
3:24

Format
  
Vinyl record (7")

Genre
  
Hard rock

B-side
  
"Never Wanna Leave You"

"Treat Me Right" is a single by Pat Benatar released December 29, 1980. It was the third and final single released off her best-selling album, Crimes of Passion. Produced by Keith Olsen, the song was written by Pat Benatar and Doug Lubahn. Lubahn also recorded the song with his own band, Riff Raff; it appeared on their 1981 album, Vinyl Futures.

"Treat Me Right" peaked at number 18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100. The song also charted at number 31 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart and reached number 12 in Canada, where it was the 76th biggest hit of 1981.

The song was also featured in the 1982 film and soundtrack for the Richard Gere film, "An Officer and a Gentleman".

References

Treat Me Right (Pat Benatar song) Wikipedia